- Never had a laptop before, only desktops
- Played with 13" and 15" in store and loved small form factor of 13"
- Hope to use on the go. Hoping to go to graduate school in a few years and use there.
- Used to do a lot of photography, not much anymore but still need to process batches of photos occasionally.
- Do not do any gaming or video work
- Have 21" monitor at home, would probably use Henge Dock
- Hope to keep for 3-5 years.
- Would prefer matte screen, but not a deal breaker
- would prefer a backlit keyboard, but not a deal breaker

I am wondering about the longevity of the C2D as well, but honestly, in 2 years the Core i5 will most likely be obsolete as well.

I am looking on Apple's website in the Refurb section and it is showing some of the laptops as having backlit keyboards and some as not having them. Someone said that the 13" had a backlit keyboard even though that spec is not showing up on the refurb site. That's why I was skeptical.

Also, the monitor I have now at 21" is 1680x1050. I'm guessing the graphics card in the 13" can handle this resolution?

I am wondering about the longevity of the C2D as well, but honestly, in 2 years the Core i5 will most likely be obsolete as well.

I am looking on Apple's website in the Refurb section and it is showing some of the laptops as having backlit keyboards and some as not having them. Someone said that the 13" had a backlit keyboard even though that spec is not showing up on the refurb site. That's why I was skeptical.

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I have the 13" MacBook Pro. I can assure you that it has a backlit keyboard.

You're mentioning photography and the fact that you would like to use it eventually in school. To me the extra screen real estate of 15" MBP is worth the increase in size and weight. Plus, it comes with the CPU that is going to age much better than a C2D-based CPU.

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